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With trail fever still in the air from Safari, a group of enthusiasts decided to head out to Harlan, KY for a weekend of trail riding on the Black Mountain trails.  Some stayed at the campground while others stayed in town at a motel.  Here is a breakdown of the weekend.

With the trails being closed for winter, a group of CROC members headed out on nice March weekend in order to make some trail modifications on the Rocky Mount trail (the trail our club has adopted).  We knew we had some heavy work to do so we brought out the big guns to help out.

Last season was pretty hard on the Lightweight's tailgate.  Since I hang my spare on the tailgate, everyone figure it is safe to give my truck a bump on the trails.  In most cases that was true until the last bump.  After that, the tire carrier rattled to no end (yes, I could even hear it over the engine and all the other rattles).

After getting all stuffed with turkey, why not spend a good weekend of off roading to burn off those calories.  That is what a few of us did over Thanksgiving at Uwharrie.

The annual URE fall event has come and gone.  This event is hosted by the Old North State Land Rover Society.  Located at the Group Camp in the Uwharrie National Forest, this is the large fall event for Land Rover owners.

Our club held a raffle during the summer where the winner would be flown from the US to London, England to attend the London to Brighton rally.  The South London & Surrey Land Rover Club (SLSLRC) holds this event every year and was nice enough to pick up our winner and host him for the entire weekend.  The lucky winner was Jonathan Galpin.  Here is his story.

After a couple of rough weekends at Uwharrie, the Lightweight needed a bit of a fix.  The main cross member (the one that is welded to the frame) was in very poor shape.  In fact it had a 4 inch gaping hole on one side.  During the rebuild over the winter, we did not have time to fix this but now something needs to be done.  While doing this, why not add a skid plate to protect the xfer box and tranny brake?

Another small group of CROC members decided to head out to Uwharrie once again for a quick trail cleanup.  We met at the Outpost at 9am.  The main goal was to pick up trash on Rocky Mount and then ride the trails for the rest of the day.

Some CROC members decided to take a quick day trip over to Uwharrie to get in some nice wheelin and enjoy the great weather.  It turned out to be quite an eventful ride!

While out on our trip in Harlan, one of the CROC members (Ric) mentioned that he really needed to start protecting his rover.  Since it is his daily driver, he did not want to damage it if he could help.  With that comment, we decided to have him come down one weekend and we would get him setup.